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The leading cause of death for chronic virus infection in the United States is caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), an infectious disease that causes liver inflammation. There are five types of hepatitis, hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E, hepatitis C virus being the most serious of the four. HCV is not a sexually transmitted disease; it is contracted through direct contact to infected blood, and from contaminated medical supply. According to the World Health Organization, hepatitis C is most…

Social Stress: Theory and Related Topics Orgil Altankhuyag Social Stress : Theory and Related Topics By Orgil Altankhuyag 20120123046 MBB S(Medicine Bachelor and Bachelor of Surgery) student of Anhui Medical University Submitted in 2015/2/27 Key words: Symbolic interaction, Functionalism, Serotonin deficient, Stressors, Life events, Individual, General Adaptation Syndrome Word count: Abstract In this project, I want to discuss about stress, social stress theories, theories…

Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Alzheimer’s disease: Development and Associations Taylor C. Broad Central Michigan University Abstract Western diets increased rate of omega-6 over omega-3 fatty acids intake parallels with the increasing incident of Alzhiemer’s disease (AD). Diets rich in omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids may be protective in cognitive decline diseases, specifically AD. Omega-3 fatty acids are unsaturated fatty acids with a carbon-carbon double bond from the methyl end (n-3).…

Regenerative Medicine Regeneration is not a new idea at all, lizards have been doing it for thousands of years! According to BioMedCentral.com, Aristotle observed a lizard regenerating its tail in 330 BC (Jessop). However, lizards are not the only animals capable of regenerating a lost or damaged appendage; Zebrafish can regrow a lost fin or even a heart, newts and other amphibians can regrow entire limbs, starfish can regrow their entire body from just a single limb, and a deer can…

This may cause accumulation of errors rapidly in the cell and its progeny. * Those in signaling (endocrine) machinery of the cell. This leads transmission of the error signals to nearby healthy cells as well. * Those that allow the cells to migrate and disrupt more healthy cells away from the primary site of origin. * Those that make the cell immortal so that the abnormal cell refuses to die. Hormonal changes Notable among these are changes in the female hormone levels estrogen. Excess…